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April 8, 2020

Syria girl beaten to death by parents in Lebanon

A Syrian girl, thought to be about six years old, died yesterday after she was beaten by her father, Lebanon’s Internal Security Forces (ISF) reported. The girl was pronounced...

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April 8, 2020

Jerusalem mayor accuses Israel of neglecting Palestinian hospitals

Israel is failing to fulfill its responsibilities toward Palestinians living in occupied East Jerusalem as the highly contagious coronavirus continues to spread, warned Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Leon. Leon has...

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April 8, 2020

Palestinian university successfully builds fully computerised medical ventilator

Al-Quds University in the Palestinian city of Jerusalem has succeeded in constructing a fully-computerised and low-cost medical ventilator to be used for patients infected with the coronavirus. The ventilator,...

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April 8, 2020

Israel failure to deal adequately with the pandemic could have long-term effects

Israel is possibly one of the few countries in the world that carries out regular military and security drills to check its readiness to face threats and challenges, including...

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April 8, 2020

No joke: Clowns entertain children in lockdown in Gaza

Palestinians dress up as clowns to entertain children who are forced to stay at home...

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April 8, 2020

Lebanon: Inadequate government response to COVID-19 creates hunger risks, says HRW

A report from the Human Rights Watch (HRW) in Lebanon has blamed gaps in the country’s social protection system for leaving millions of residents at risk of hunger during the...

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April 8, 2020

Egypt: Authorities blockade village in Giza Governorate

Authorities have imposed a blockade on another village in Egypt as it moves to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. In a statement issued yesterday Giza Governorate has...

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April 8, 2020

600 people die in Iran from drinking neat alcohol to cure coronavirus

More than 600 Iranians have died from the consumption of high-concentrated alcohol believing it protects against the coronavirus. Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency quoted a spokesperson for the Iranian judiciary, Ghulam...

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April 8, 2020

Egypt’s informal sector struggles for food amid COVID-19 lockdown

Egypt’s workers are reeling from measures to curb the coronavirus, and complain that the government has not followed through on promised support. The government has ordered a night time...

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April 8, 2020

Report: 73,000 Syrians returned to Syria's Idlib after ceasefire

Civilians have started to return from densely populated camps to fix their houses and shops...

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